‘Moody’ Wiggins almost quit Tour

BRITAIN’S Tour de France champion Chris Froome has laid bare the breakdown of
his relationship with Team Sky teammate Sir Bradley Wiggins.

In extracts from his new book, The Climb, serialised exclusively in The Sunday
Times, the cyclist reveals that, during the 2012 Tour, the two fell out so
badly that Wiggins threatened to leave the race before it had even reached
the halfway point, even though he was leading it.

At the same time, Froome had to ask his girlfriend to check the wording of his
contract because he felt that Team Sky’s management team were forcing him
into a subservient role to Wiggins.

Froome believed he had just as good a chance of winning — an achievement he
accomplished the following year when Wiggins did not enter — and believed
that Sky’s team principal, Sir Dave Brailsford, did not allow him that
opportunity and instead gave priority to Wiggins.